Thermo Fisher Scientific: Life Undiscovered
Podcast: Absolute Gene-ius S1, E6: PCR on 'zombie' organisms in extreme environments
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Absolute Gene-ius Podcast welcomes Dr. Brandi Kiel Reese and Lydia Hayes-Guastella from the Dauphin Island Sea Lab at the University of South Alabama to talk about using digital PCR and other methods to study microbial life and survivability in extreme environments. They tell us all about their work collecting and analyzing samples from places as remote as Antarctica and the Mariana Trench. They share what working in such unique locations is like, how samples are collected and analyzed, and what they hope to glean from their studies. |